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Working in Jo’burg and living in Durban

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Q: I’ll go through an example: Anas is 23 years old, not married yet. He lives with his parents in Durban. He is hired by a company in Johannesburg. So from Monday to Friday he is in Jo’burg for his job. From Friday night to Sunday he goes back to Durban. So my question is where is Anas musafir, in Durban or Jo’burg?

Working in Jo'burg and living in Durban

A: If he does not have any permanent home in Johannesburg then he will be a musafir in Johannesburg.

من خرج من عمارة موضع إقامته قاصدا مسيرة ثلاثة أيام ولياليه بالسير الوسط مع الاستراحات المعتادة صلى الفرض الرباعي ركعتين (تنوير الأبصار مع رد المحتار 2/121-123)

( الوطن الأصلي ) هو موطن ولادته أو تأهله أو توطنه ( يبطل بمثله ) إذا لم يبق له بالأول أهل فلو بقي لم يبطل بل يتم فيهما ( لا غير و ) يبطل ( وطن الإقامة بمثله و ) بالوطن ( الأصلي و ) بإنشاء ( السفر ) والأصل أن الشيء يبطل بمثله وبما فوقه لا بما دونه (الدر المختار 2/131-132)

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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